Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Case of the United States of Venezuela Before the Tribunal of Arbitration to Convene at Paris Under the Provisions of the Treaty ... |
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... hand of man has worked a change , covered by a dense growth of trees , of which so large a proportion are the semi - aquatic , stilt- raised mangroves ( Rhizophora mangle ) , or the somewhat similar courida ( Avicennia nitida ) , that ...
... hand of man has worked a change , covered by a dense growth of trees , of which so large a proportion are the semi - aquatic , stilt- raised mangroves ( Rhizophora mangle ) , or the somewhat similar courida ( Avicennia nitida ) , that ...
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... hand , and the old civilised portion of the colony on the other . " Schomburgk , in a letter to Governor Light , dated June 22 , 1841 , says : " We reached in the afternoon , at 3 o'clock , the Coyuni [ this is elsewhere more correctly ...
... hand , and the old civilised portion of the colony on the other . " Schomburgk , in a letter to Governor Light , dated June 22 , 1841 , says : " We reached in the afternoon , at 3 o'clock , the Coyuni [ this is elsewhere more correctly ...
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... hands of a commercial nation would carry away from them the productions , * Humboldt ( A. von ) , “ Personal narrative of travels , etc ,, 1799-1804 , " London , 1821 , Vol . V , p . 714 . and monopolize the traffic of those rich ...
... hands of a commercial nation would carry away from them the productions , * Humboldt ( A. von ) , “ Personal narrative of travels , etc ,, 1799-1804 , " London , 1821 , Vol . V , p . 714 . and monopolize the traffic of those rich ...
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... hands of any of the maritime European powers , matters would assume another aspect . France has attempted to establish a fortified position at the mouth of the Amazon near Macapa , which she claims as the eastern Point . Schomburgk's ...
... hands of any of the maritime European powers , matters would assume another aspect . France has attempted to establish a fortified position at the mouth of the Amazon near Macapa , which she claims as the eastern Point . Schomburgk's ...
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... Hand - Book of British Guiana , The Sand Reefs . " The Sand - Reefs . Behind the fringe of plantations , which rarely extend beyond three miles from the sea - shore , lie swamps choked with tall sedges , the soil being a kind of ...
... Hand - Book of British Guiana , The Sand Reefs . " The Sand - Reefs . Behind the fringe of plantations , which rarely extend beyond three miles from the sea - shore , lie swamps choked with tall sedges , the soil being a kind of ...
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abandoned aforesaid Amacura Amazon Appendix Arbitrators ARTÍCULO attempt banks Barima Point Berbice Blue Book boats boundary Britain British Government British Guiana Cajoeny Capuchin Caraibans Caribs century charter claim coast region Commandeur creek Cuyuni and Mazaruni Cuyuni river Cuyuni-Mazaruni basin Demerara disputed territory district Dutch Dutch colony Dutch trade Dutch West east Essequibo colony Essequibo river established Estados Unidos estates exclusive political control expedition French Georgetown Governor Gravesande Guayana Holland Honorable Indians Indies inhabitants interior island Kykoveral land letter Lord Lord Aberdeen Lordships lowest falls Majesty's Government Mazaruni rivers ment Moruca mouth nation Netherlands Orinoco delta plantations Pomeroon possession postholder present province quibo Raleigh remonstrance Rodway Santo Thomé savannas Schomburgk sent settled settlement slaves Spain Spaniards Spanish Spanish control Spanish missions States-General Surinam Thurn tion Treaty of Munster Tribunal Trinidad U. S. Commission Report United Venezuela Venezuelan Government Waini West India Company Zeeland
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Page 6 - Party shall have specified or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, without annexing a copy, such Party shall be bound, if the other Party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish that Party with a copy thereof...
Page 8 - The decision of the Tribunal shall, if possible, be made within three months from the close of the argument on both sides. It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the Arbitrators who may assent to it.
Page 1 - Who after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in...
Page 53 - Netherlands, with the exclusive privilege to traffic and plant colonies on the coast of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope ; on the coast of America, from the straits of Magellan to the remotest north.
Page 7 - ... deliver in duplicate to each of the said Arbitrators and to the agent of the other Party a written or printed argument showing the points and referring to the evidence upon which his Government relies...
Page 6 - Within four months after the delivery on both sides of the written or printed case, either party may, in like manner, deliver in duplicate to each of the said arbitrators, and to the agent of the other party, a counter case and additional documents, correspondence, and evidence, in reply to the case, documents, correspondence, and evidence so presented by the other party.
Page 227 - Adverse holding or prescription during a period of fifty years shall make a good title. The arbitrators may deem exclusive political control of a district, as well as actual settlement thereof, sufficient to constitute adverse holding or to make title by prescription.
Page 9 - In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.